Thomas P. Hughes

Professor Emeritus

1923-2014

Curriculum Vitæ

Thomas Hughes did his graduate work in European History at the University of Virginia, after earlier earning an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in history at "Mr. Jefferson's university." He has published books on American and European history with special attention to the history of modern technology, science, and culture.

Selected Work

Networks of Power: Electrification of Western Society, 1880-1930 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983).